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Jon Scieszka ( / ˈʃɛʃkə / SHESH-kə: [1] born September 8, 1954 [2] [3]) is an American children's writer, best known for his picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith.
Find more than anyone needs to know about men made of stinky cheese, kids who act like squids, math curses, science verses, time warping, and random details about Jon Scieszka.
Teaching school, Jon re-discovered how smart kids are, and found the best audience for the weird and funny stories he had always liked to read and write. He took a year off from teaching to write stories for kids.
Jon Scieszka, American children’s author and educator perhaps best known for his book The Stinky Cheese Man, and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (1992), which was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Learn more about Scieszka’s life and career, including his other notable works.
The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader.
Jan 22, 2023 · Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith created The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales in 1992. They remember their work on the classic children's book and how their...
Nov 29, 2008 · Children's author Jon Scieszka has written two dozen children's books, including The Stinky Cheese Man and the Time Warp Trio series, but his most recent work is a memoir. Knucklehead, an ...
Jon Scieszka, 2008-2009 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, was the first writer to hold this position. During his two-year term, Scieszka created a platform with the mission to “get kids excited about reading.
Feb 1, 2008 · Jon Scieszka, the man who gave new meaning to the word stinky, is on a serious mission. Early last month, the Children’s Book Council and the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book tapped the author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Viking, 1992) as our first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
Jon Scieszka is an American children's writer, best known for picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and the founder of Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers." ...more.
